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Word: pasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Much will depend on whether the rest of the nation follows California in gas-buying habits. For the past three weeks, Golden State drivers have been in a kind of panic, scrambling to buy every last drop available. Lines as long as eight blocks have formed at those gas stations still open; motorists have waited three hours or more to fill up. At some stations, drivers who rose groggily at dawn to hunt for gas have had to queue up behind long lines of cars parked and locked by people who had left them there overnight. Fights with guns, knives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Gas: A Long, Dry Summer? | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Following a scoreless second period, the Rangers closed the gap to 2-1 midway through the third, when a face-off in the Canadien zone bounced off the skate of defenseman Serge Savard and past Ken Dryden's right pad. Ron Duguay was credited with the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Canadiens Stop Rangers, Take 2-1 Lead in Finals | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it is now uncertain whether even this limited progress will be achieved. Lobbying against the proposed treaty has become a Washington cottage industry in the past few months, as groups like the Committee on the present Danger and the Coalition for Peace Through Strength have mounted massive propaganda campaigns to persuade the public that will, if adopted, critically undermine national security. These groups and their advocates in the Senate--including, among others, Senators Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash) and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.)--have argued that the loss of American listening posts in Iran will make it impossible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pass the SALT | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

Well, it didn't happen. In a remarkable comeback, the lights roared past the Quakers to snatch a 5.4-second victory and the first leg of what was to end up as an undefeated season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

...into the view of the crowd gathered at the home stretch, Yale held about a half-length lead on Harvard and Northeastern. With just 400 meters to go and the boats in an all-out sprint to the flag, the Harvard eight suddenly stopped dead, Cornell and Wisconsin whisking past like a pair of flashes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

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